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The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'. Cloud computing enables companies, public administrations and individuals, using networks such as the internet, to access...

BHP celebrated two significant milestones at Olympic Dam with first ore from the high-grade underground expansion into the Southern Mining Area (SMA) and the first copper cathode produced from its heap leach Research and Development trials. Olympic Dam Asset...

The Rio Tinto board has reconfirmed its recommendation that shareholders vote in favour of the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited to Yancoal Australia Limited . The recommendation follows consideration by the board of a...

FMG has joined with four universities from China and Western Australia to announce a significant collaborative project aimed at increasing cooperation and innovation across the mining and resources sector through involvement of Chinese and Australian post graduate students Representatives from Curtin University’s...

Rio Tinto has awarded more than $900 million in contracts to Queensland suppliers as the development of the world class Amrun bauxite project on Cape York Peninsula continues.                      ...

Newcrest has partnered with telecommunications and technology company, Telstra, to become the first gold miner in the southern hemisphere to deliver O3b’s high-speed broadband through its new 100 megabits per second (Mbps) satellite link to the Lihir gold mine in...

ArcelorMittal has opened a new, €63m production line - the Jet Vapor Deposition (JVD) line - at its facilities in Kessales, Belgium. His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium officially inaugurated the line at an event.The opening is the culmination...